Saturday 22 November 2014

Frank

Tali: Leo and I have been waiting to see Frank for a very long time, and I was super excited that we finally found it last weekend. Frank tells the story of a tortured, weird yet brilliant musical genius named Frank (played by Michael Fassbender). As you can tell from the poster, Frank wears a giant paper-mache head all of the time. While exploring the bands creative process and rise to notoriety, this film is one of the most refreshing and original I've seen in a long time. I was totally captivated throughout and completely fell for Frank. I think if you can get your hands on this movie, you will too. And pretty soon, everyone is going to be walking around, trying to figure out how to make their very own head. 90/100.

Leo: I was definitely expecting Frank to be similar to what it was except for the music, which I realized during the movie that the music wasn't the point. At it roots, Frank is about coping and it was a very original take on that subject. My only critique is the narrative. The main character was not likable. He was annoying and there was never a point in the movie where I wanted him to succeed. All of the character's music was pretty bad too. Despite that, Frank had great performances by Michael Fassbender (who had to speak german and it was very very Inglourious Basterds) and Maggie Gyllenhaal as well as the supporting cast. It seems pretty warm in one of those things, I don't think I could pull it off. Leometer: 85/100.

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